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The All New Jeni B on "Essex police call off search for unicorn after concluding photo was of a goat"http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=47376#post-136387
Thu, 30 Aug 2012 11:22:45 +0000The All New Jeni B136387@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/<p>Yes, I noticed this story 'elsewhere'.
</p>bonjonelson on "Essex police call off search for unicorn after concluding photo was of a goat"http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=47376#post-136386
Thu, 30 Aug 2012 11:08:20 +0000bonjonelson136386@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/<p>I see VCG plays for both teams. Well done though!
</p>Vertically Challenged Giant on "Essex police call off search for unicorn after concluding photo was of a goat"http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=47376#post-136293
Wed, 29 Aug 2012 13:56:16 +0000Vertically Challenged Giant136293@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/<p>Just on the off chance that this was in the pipeline to be used - could you not use it please?</p>
<p>I'm guessing it isn't likely to get used now as we've had 2 Essex lion NiBs already, so this has gone elsewhere while it's still vaguely topical.
</p>Midfield Diamond on "Essex police call off search for unicorn after concluding photo was of a goat"http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=47376#post-136162
Tue, 28 Aug 2012 10:55:14 +0000Midfield Diamond136162@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/<p>Nice angle and well-written as usual, stars.
</p>button on "Essex police call off search for unicorn after concluding photo was of a goat"http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=47376#post-136155
Tue, 28 Aug 2012 09:21:56 +0000button136155@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/<p>Probably gone back through the wardrobe with the lion. Stars.
</p>charlies_hat on "Essex police call off search for unicorn after concluding photo was of a goat"http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=47376#post-136078
Mon, 27 Aug 2012 18:54:10 +0000charlies_hat136078@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/<p>Lovely, Stars a plenty.
</p>dvo4fun on "Essex police call off search for unicorn after concluding photo was of a goat"http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=47376#post-136069
Mon, 27 Aug 2012 18:24:41 +0000dvo4fun136069@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/<p>Lovely work. Smashing punchline. Well, more a custard pie I suppose.
</p>Vertically Challenged Giant on "Essex police call off search for unicorn after concluding photo was of a goat"http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=47376#post-136066
Mon, 27 Aug 2012 18:10:17 +0000Vertically Challenged Giant136066@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/<p>Police in Essex investigating reports of a unicorn being spotted in a field have called off the search and admitted that the photo they had received as evidence was ‘almost certainly a goat’.</p>
<p>The animal was seen near Earl Hall Drive in St Osyth, near Clacton-on-Sea, by a four year old girl on holiday with her parents. Lucy Jones saw a white animal with four legs in the distance, and a unicorn ‘was the first thing that came to mind’.</p>
<p>Essex Police said about 25 officers were called to where the animal was seen, including officers specially trained in mythology and a slightly strange old man who swears he used to ride unicorns through the forest when he was a boy. Officers decided to call off the search on Monday after no trace of a mythological, horse-like creature was found.</p>
<p>A police spokesman said: ‘Having looked again at the photo after our search failed to turn anything up we are now pretty confident that it’s a goat, which will pose no threat to members of the public.’</p>
<p>Police said their initial lines of enquiry focussed on nearby Colchester Zoo, but there were no reports of a unicorn having escaped.</p>
<p>‘The photograph shows an animal in a field, it is a white colour, but the photography is of such poor quality it's difficult to say with any degree of certainty that it’s a unicorn. And I’m sure that the horn has been drawn on in crayon.’ said Anthony Tropeano, Zoological Director of Colchester Zoo who visited the scene.</p>
<p>On Sunday night police had advised residents to stay indoors, but on Monday they said people should ‘go out and enjoy themselves’ but ‘be on the lookout for fictional horses with a single large horn’.</p>
<p>The spokesman said a circus had been in the area recently but added: ‘Officers have spoken to the circus and confirmed that they do not have an animal missing, nor do they have any unicorns. They did however say that they had seen a large number of clowns searching a field near where they had been, but they were not associated with the circus.’
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